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PIPFPD is shocked and saddened by the loss of lives of 44 CRPF personnel in a militant attack in Lethapora, Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir. The gruesome manner in which an explosives-laden vehicle, driven by a suicide bomber, rammed into a CRPF convoy and the scale of the operation is horrifying. Loss of precious lives is tragic and painful. While investigations are underway, it is alleged that Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) orchestrated this dastardly attack.

This is a follow-up to our letter of 20 December 2017, where we tried to flag two priorities for the next Union Budget: an increase in social security pensions, and adequate provision for maternity benefits. Since both proposals were ignored, we are writing again, well in advance of the next Budget, with the same recommendations.

In conversation with Neeladri Bhattacharya on his monograph The Great Agrarian Conquest (published by Permanent Black in 2018). This event was held on 14 January 2019 and organised in collaboration with Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, a unit of at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.